Annual Meeting - Killingworth Historical Society

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KILLINGWORTH HISTORICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETINGPRESERVING FAMILY ARTIFACTSWednesday, October 25, 7pm, Killingworth Fire House.If you have wondered how best to preserve family treasures such as letters, photographs, and other historical memorabilia, please join us for this informative presentation. Rebecca Parmer and Rose Oliveira will present a program on the care and management of family archives, including documents, letters, photographs, and other ephemera. Participants will learn hands-on practical advice for the proper display, storage, and handling of this material, as well as some tips for organizing and researching family history. Participants are encouraged to bring along some sample material for discussion and questions.Rebecca Parmer is the Archivist at Connecticut College. She manages the preservation, research, use, and exhibition of the College's historical manuscripts, books, and art collections. She previously worked in archival and curatorial positions at the USS Constitution Museum, Northeastern University, and Claremont University Consortium. Rose Oliveira is the Linda Lear Special Collections Librarian at Connecticut College. She works to process, preserve, and promote the materials in Lear Center, especially the environmental and children's collections. She has previously worked in the archives at Tufts University and the Schlesinger Library at Harvard

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